El Paso Electric seeks proposals for Fort Bliss, Montana solar plants

El Paso Electric Monday published a request for proposals to have a large solar energy plant built at Fort Bliss, and a smaller solar plant built at its Montana Power Station, now under construction in far East El Paso County.

The projects are targeted to be in operation by the end of 2016. The proposals are due by Oct. 20.

The proposed 20-megawatt solar facility at Fort Bliss would be located on 218 acres at the Army post.

The other project would be a 3-megawatt to 5-megawatt solar plant on about 20 acres at the company's Montana Power Station site near Zaragoza and Montana. Both plants would be owned by El Paso Electric.

The company now has 97 megawatts of solar power in its portfolio and will increase that to 107 megawatts by the end of the year.

The request is available online at: epelectric.com/doing-business-with-epe.